142. Listen To This If… You feel like an imposter
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Jen and Michael discuss the common experience of imposter syndrome at work and how to cope with it.
Ever feel like you don't quite belong, or that everyone around you knows what they're doing while you're just hoping no one finds out that you don’t? In this season’s first Listen To This Episode, Jen and Michael talk honestly about the imposter experience at work: why feeling like a bit of a fraud is more normal (and more useful) than you might think, and how to keep showing up anyway. Sharing how you feel with friends, colleagues, family, or supervisors helps you realise how normal the imposter experience really is, and that it's a sign you're challenging yourself in all the right ways. You can find more great advice here: https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/confronting-imposter-syndrome-in-stem/ https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/article/how-to-banish-impostor-syndrome https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02408-z https://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/student-support/une-wellness-centre/mental-health-resources/imposter-syndrome In this TEDx talk, Mike Cannon-Brookes offers a funny and reassuring take on how impostor syndrome can sometimes be used as fuel rather than treated only as a flaw.…
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